Count As High As Possible Before A Mod/Admin Posts

[Drew Espinosa]

1968 saw two notable assassinations, that of Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr.

[Daddydavek]

'69 Stonewall riots occurred in the early morning of June 28th

 

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-stonewall-riot

[Drew Espinosa]

In 1870 the Franco-Prussian War begins.

Edited June 14, 2017 by Drew Espinosa

[Daddydavek]

1971 Dodge Challenger Hemi

 

Edited June 14, 2017 by Daddydavek

[Timothy M.]

Tooghalvfjerds (72) is another of those weird Danish numbers.

https://satwcomic.com/just-a-number 

[Paqman]

The '73 oil crisis helped kill off cars like the one in Dave's.

[Daddydavek]

The Streak, reached number one on this date in 1974

 

 

 

[Paqman]

1975, a rather dodgy American president resigned.

[MJ85]

1 hour ago, Paqman said:

1975, a rather dodgy American president resigned.

 

Inaccurate I'm afraid. That was also '74.

 

'76, however, saw the U.S. Bicentennial.

[Daddydavek]

Kookie can you lend me your comb?

 

[Daddydavek]

[Timothy M.]

Seeing that magazine front page with two guys smoking is almost shocking today. Same as seeing old movies where the characters smoke as a matter of course. I'm glad it's getting less common, at least in the circles I frequent.

 

(whisper: 79 - will we break a record?)

[Daddydavek]

In 1980 some divorced and remarried actor from Hollywood won the GOP nomination and the general election to become president.  Times were a changing!

[Drew Espinosa]

In 1781, the Continental Army won the Battle of Yorktown.

[Timothy M.]

I cannot think of anything interesting happening in 1982, but I'm sure something did...

[Daddydavek]

The Hawaiian pizza inventor Sam Panopoulos died at aged 83 earlier this month....

[Drew Espinosa]

In 1984, Reagan won reelection in a landslide, winning 49 out of 50 states.

[Daddydavek]

[Drew Espinosa]

In 886 CE, Byzantine Emperor Basil I dies, and his son becomes the new Emperor as Leo VI.

Edited June 16, 2017 by Drew Espinosa
correction

[Daddydavek]

[Drew Espinosa]

1788 saw 8 states join the Union, the most ever in a single year.

[Wesley8890]

I was conceived in 1989

[Drew Espinosa]

1990 was the year of German Reunification, the Chancellor that oversaw that, Helmut Kohl, died today. R.I.P.

[Daddydavek]

Kids who turned eighteen in 1991 are turning forty-four this year....

Edited June 17, 2017 by Daddydavek

[Drew Espinosa]

The Salem Witch Trials began in 1692.